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Swiss nuclear power and the case for long-term operation
Designed for 40 years but built to last far longer, Switzerland’s nuclear power plants have all entered long-term operation. Yet age alone says little about safety or performance. Through continuous upgrades, strict regulatory oversight, and extensive aging management, the country’s reactors are being prepared for decades of continued operation, in line with international practice.
G. B. Barton, R. F. Keough, J. J. McCown, J. A. Yount
Nuclear Technology | Volume 57 | Number 3 | June 1982 | Pages 315-319
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT82-A26300
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A program was carried out to develop small less fragile ceramic electrodes for use in measuring oxygen in sodium. To use the electrodes as inserts in existing sampler hardware, composite metal-ceramic tubes were required. Four configurations of composite metal-ceramic probes employing yttria-doped thoria as the solid electrolyte were fabricated and tested. These incorporated both mechanical and brazed seals between the metal and ceramic. The most useful for fast flux test facility applications utilized a brazed seal between the ceramic and an alloy of matching coefficient of thermal expansion. A number of alternate reference systems were also investigated. Reference electrodes tested included Na-Na2O, In-In2O3, Ni-NiO, and Ag-air.